Coronavirus Seniors Homes

• Australia sends emergency medical teams to coronavirus-ravaged nursing homes

  Aged care homes are at the centre of Australia's worst outbreak in Melbourne, with 804 active COVID-19 cases linked to homes across the larger Victoria state, including workers.

  World

  Jul 29, 2020
  
• Roy Green: Is modern society divorcing its elders?

  Our society is definitely youth-oriented, and as a 73-year-old, that's something Roy Green says he sometimes collides with.

  Commentary

  May 29, 2020
  
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• West Island MNA recounts ‘emotional’ experience working in long-term care home hit by COVID-19

  After weeks of hard work, Nelligan MNA Monsef Derraji said "things are better now" at Residence Herron in Dorval, Que., a long-term care home hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  May 7, 2020
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• Coronavirus: AHS appoints AgeCare to help operate Calgary’s Millrise Seniors Village

  At the facility to date, 25 residents and 12 staff have tested positive for the novel coronavirus and four seniors have died, according to Alberta Health Services.

  Health

  May 5, 2020
• ‘It’s horrific’: 68 dead from COVID-19 outbreak at U.S. veteran long-term care home

  While the death toll at the state-run Holyoke Soldiers' Home in Massachusetts continues to climb, federal officials are investigating whether residents were denied proper medical care.

  World

  Apr 28, 2020
• More COVID-19 outbreaks at Calgary long term care centres

  Under AHS definitions, Bethany Calgary seniors home is now considered to be in outbreak.

  Canada

  Apr 15, 2020
• Their dads are quarantined with coronavirus in B.C. care homes. This is their message

  "These people can not be forgotten just because they're seniors, they need to have this time to be treated with dignity."

  Features

  Mar 25, 2020
• West Island initiative aims to send letters to seniors due to COVID-19

  A Kirkland, Que., resident is calling on the community to write letters to seniors in care homes who are isolated due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.

  Canada

  Mar 16, 2020